Demand for passports soar in Malaysia as movement restrictions lifted
The Immigration Department reported issuing 2,574,435 international passports last year, a 25% increase compared with 2,006,208 issued in 2019.
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North Korea to impose harsher penalties on use of South Korean slang
Details on punishments for violators were not revealed. However, watching, keeping or distributing media from capitalist countries can be punishable by death.
Google Earth offers clear views of where Kim Jong-un works, lives
The Google Earth photos are high-resolution enough to even show streetlamps within the government site known as the North’s Worker’s Party of Korea complex No. 1.
Efforts underway for practical use of “flying bikes” in Japan
Since 2018, a public-private panel set up by the industry and transport ministries has been discussing technologies and systems for transportation in the sky.
National Intelligence Service, police raid labour group over alleged espionage
The NIS is reportedly investigating allegations that officials related to the KCTU have been in contact with North Korean agents overseas and received orders from them.
An activist at heart, deputy youth and sports minister aims to be ‘conscience’ in Malaysia’s motley govt
Notorious in his 20s for his anti-establishment protests and speeches, the 33-year-old is now enjoying a rapid rise in politics.
Shopping galas prove effective for recovery
Health-related products are expected to be at the forefront of people's minds in terms of making special purchases for the celebration.
Speakers of South-east Asian languages help drive cross-border biz in Nanning
The city is incubating its cross-border e-commerce livestreaming business as a result of the talent living there being fluent in what are sometimes called minor languages.
12-hour shifts now the work norm for Filipino nurses
A union president said aside from the physical and mental stress on overworked nurses, the 12-hour duty is also affecting the quality of patient care.
Seven missing in deadly tanker blast southwest of Bangkok
Samut Songkhram's governor Somnuk Promkiew said the tanker was loaded with fuel, both oil and diesel.